GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |